Rick Devens Uses Veto on Lyric, Puts Rome on Block With 2 Others

Q: What strategic blunder made a showmance partner the top eviction target in the Big Brother house?

Rome Seymour became the house’s top target because he badly overexposed his position to Head of Household Rick Devens. The key blunder was telling Devens too many of his allies during talks — effectively revealing too much of his network, a move widely seen in Big Brother strategy as a major mistake. That error was compounded when Rome confronted the HOH-side alliance after realizing he had been excluded from a private meeting. Instead of lowering his threat level, he confirmed to the power group that he was outside their numbers and willing to challenge them, which only increased the urgency to take him out. The fallout hit his showmance directly. Lyric Medeiros was initially on the block, but after Devens won the Power of Veto, he used it to save her and put Rome up in her place. With the larger alliance already aligned against him, Rome became the preferred eviction target, while Jason De Puy remained the backup option. In short, Rome’s strategic mistake was not the showmance itself. It was revealing too much to the HOH and then escalating tensions with the dominant alliance, which turned him from an outsider into the main target.

3 articles · Updated · Milwaukee Journal Sentinel · Jul 20

Monday's veto ceremony reshaped Week 2: Rick Devens removed Lyric and nominated Rome, leaving Rome, Jason and Melody facing eviction.
Rick had already won both Head of Household and the Power of Veto, and the report says Rome was his target despite not being part of the initial nominations.
Thursday's live episode now hinges on the BB Blockbuster competition, with Rome the planned eviction if he fails to save himself and Jason the backup target.
Wednesday's 90-minute episode is set to show the post-nomination fallout, the veto contest and meeting, after live-feed viewers had already seen the house erupt.